File photoThe FBI has arrested a suspect in a Nov. 9 bank robbery in Greenville.

GRAND RAPIDS – A suspect in a November holdup at Huntington Bank in Greenville was ordered jailed today after his initial appearance in U.S. District Court.

Reuben Olson III admitted to robbing the bank after investigators told him that he failed a polygraph test, FBI special agent Benjamin Slizewski said in a criminal complaint unsealed today.

The robbery occurred around 10:30 a.m. on Nov. 9 at Huntington Bank, 203 S. Lafayette St.

The robber, with a mask over his face, entered the bank, vaulted a teller counter and put a handgun to the back of a teller’s head. He demanded that the teller open her drawer, but it was locked.

The robber then told a second teller to open her drawer, and emptied its contents. He then took the contents of the first teller’s drawer after she opened it.

The robber fled with $2,761, several bills falling to the ground. He was last seen running east across Lafayette.

During the investigation, an anonymous tip named Olson as the robber. Earlier this month, the FBI found him at his girlfriend’s home in Shepard. Olson denied robbing the bank, and agreed to take a polygraph test.

The polygraph examiner determined that Olsen was “deceptive in his answers” when asked about his role in the robbery.

The polygraph examiner, special agent Brad Beyers, then asked about the robbery.
“Olson admitted he had been lying when he claimed he had not robbed the bank,” Slizewski wrote in the complaint.

Olsen also provided details about clothes worn and gun used in the robbery, the FBI said.

The FBI said Olsen fit the description of the robber provided by bank workers.